The Cruise Ship and Cruise Line Discussion Thread!

Hhappy · September 16, 2013

work on the previous submerged area..

cfc · September 16, 2013

I don't envy them that job.

DJeXeL · September 16, 2013

Mike Rowe should be doing an episode of Dirty Jobs.

Hhappy · September 16, 2013

Salvage crew looks at the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia during the "parbuckling" operation

Joe Cool · September 16, 2013

Parbuckling of the Costa Concordia is happening right now.

Live Feed: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Raising_the_Costa_Concordia

I've been watching this for a couple of hours now. So slow and tedious but interesting. The ship is going to look like Two Face when it is finally upright! And the smell!??! I can only imagine what it must smell like out there, terrible!

I thought the same thing about the smell. Like everything imaginable mixed together, yikes!!

Guy T. Koepp · September 16, 2013

Parbuckling of the Costa Concordia is happening right now.

Live Feed: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Raising_the_Costa_Concordia

I've been watching this for a couple of hours now. So slow and tedious but interesting. The ship is going to look like Two Face when it is finally upright! And the smell!??! I can only imagine what it must smell like out there, terrible!

I thought the same thing about the smell. Like everything imaginable mixed together, yikes!!

Just wait until all the unfound dead bodies and food start to dry out. Then a massive ass stink will surface with deadly repercussions!

AllenA07 · September 16, 2013

Just wait until all the unfound dead bodies and food start to dry out. Then a massive A$$ stink will surface with deadly repercussions!

I wonder if there are bodies still in there. There were only two people missing, after a year in the water I think there is a chance that they've managed to wash out to sea.

Guy T. Koepp · September 16, 2013

^How do you wash out of a locked cabin?

COASTER FREAK 11 · September 16, 2013

^Drop by drop? LOL

cfc · September 16, 2013

^So, they could've oozed out? Eww.

AllenA07 · September 16, 2013

Yeah I was frankly thinking oozed out. Plus depending on where in the ship they are, the windows may have given way giving a exit.

Chroniq · September 16, 2013

In related news, I spent hours watching paint dry today and then trying to see if I could legally bet on the success of the ship being parbuckled and re-floated. Really cool that it seems like after taking twice as long as planned (20 months) it is all working out today..

-chris "I love it when a plan comes together" con

COASTER FREAK 11 · September 16, 2013

Its not done yet! There's plenty of time for something to go horribly wrong!

SharkTums · September 16, 2013

^Like another Carnival ship comes too close to check out what's going on and crashes into it!?? Or is that just what I'm hoping for?

DJeXeL · September 16, 2013

^Cruel irony.

COASTER FREAK 11 · September 16, 2013

^Like another Carnival ship comes too close to check out what's going on and crashes into it!?? Or is that just what I'm hoping for?

OMG YES!

jray21 · September 16, 2013

That would be amazing, but not surprising.

Xmeister · September 16, 2013

If the ship wasn't in such bad shape I wouldn't be surprised at Carnival making it disappear for a couple of years and voila! New sister ship to the Splendor.

Edit: I could've sworn that I saw another cruise ship in the background of the live feed! I'm sure it was my imagination because surely no cruise line would be so stupid.

Meteornotes · September 17, 2013

This has been a pretty interesting process to watch. Though I'm shocked that someone at Carnival didn't just think to ram the ship with another cruise ship to flip it back over. This is the sort of quality plan you'd think they'd come up with!

dt

Chroniq · September 17, 2013

what up, fishes?

Xmeister · September 17, 2013

Looks better than I would've expected honestly.

DougMJr · September 17, 2013

Looks better than I would've expected honestly.

Looks no worse than the rest of Carnival's Fleet.

cfc · September 17, 2013

^Like another Carnival ship comes too close to check out what's going on and crashes into it!?? Or is that just what I'm hoping for?

I'm surprised that this hasn't been part of their cruise itineraries since this happened. They could even rename one of their ships "Carnival It Could Be Worse" or "Costa At Least We're Not on that Tub."